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DAVID G. WATKINS, Prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts of Carbon County, has spent his entire life in Pennsylvania. He is numbered among the native sons of this county, for he was born in Nesquehoning on the 14th of February, 1864. His parents were William and Rachel (Richards) Watkins. The father was a miner, and followed that business for many years. Both he and his wife were natives of Wales, but in early life crossed the briny deep to the New World, and located in Carbon County, where they still reside.

Mr. Watkins, whose name heads this record, was reared to manhood under the parental roof, and no event of special importance occurred during his childhood. He began his education in the public schools of his native place, and his early privileges were supplemented by a course in the

State Normal School of Millersville, Pa., where he pursued his studies for one year. He then embarked in teaching in Carbon County, and met with good success in his undertakings, having the happy faculty of readily imparting his knowledge to others. He continued to follow teaching for several years, being employed along that line until 1891, when he was elected Prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts of Carbon County. In January, 1892, he entered upon the duties of the office, serving in that capacity with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. His popularity as officer was proven when, in 1894, he was re-elected to fill the same office. He is still a young man, with probably a long future before him, and in the years to come, if he continues to walk in the path of industry and enterprise in which we now find him, he will have a successful and honorable career. In politics he is a supporter of the Republican party. In the community where he resides he has many warm friends, and his many excellences of character have gained him the high regard of all.